we'll see what happens. >> this is a slow-moving disaster. >> you're going to pay. >> yanny. ♪ good morning. welcome to "sunday today." i'm willie geist. this morning a small texas community and the country in mourning after a horrific school shooting left eight high school students and two teachers dead has added s to a long list of towns shattered by gun violence. we're there with the young lives lost.

then the international spectacle of prince harry marrying his new duchess meghan gets a beautiful dose of american church added to the ceremony. we are live in london with a recap. and later, a sunday sit down with emmy and golden globe winner laura dern. one of the stars of the hbo hit series "big little lies" and ""star wars," the last jedi." >> i became quite clever and somewhat strategic, stealth even, by you know going to my mom's birthday party in the corner and saying will you let me come and read a monologue for you and tell me if i have talent and if i do, will you send me out on the audition. >> wow. how old are you? >> 11. >> a sunday sit down with laura dern. but let's begin in santa fe, texas, where we are a learning about -- where we're learning about the eight teachers and two

teachers killed. this weekend the small community is remembering those young victims. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in santa fe with more. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. ten people were killed, 13 wounded at the school. investigators are working to establish a clear motive but they believe the gunman acted alone. meanwhile this community is coming together, refusing to postpone a much anticipated playoff game in the wake of the tragedy. in texas, a display of defiance. >> this is what it's supposed to be about. this is about humanity and loving one another. >> reporter: santa high's baseball team in a powerful playoff game. honoring the eight students and two teachers who were gunned down. star pitcher rome schubert was shot in the head and survived. >> doctors said that it would be any -- up any down, any left, i would have been paralyzed or killed.

you know, probably the luckiest guy alive right now. >> reporter: among the dead, 17-year-old chris stone who was on the football team. his teammates are devastated. >> he's just that guy that always brightens up the room with a smile. >> reporter: today a funeral is steaded for an exchange student from pakistan. the community also mourning the loss of shana fisher and ramirez and kimberly von. cynthia tisdale leaves behind eight grandchildren. she had gone back to work after her husband was diagnosed with cancer. officer john barnes is in critical but stable condition after confronting the gunman. >> the men in blue, that's why i take that oath to protect and serve and he was doing that. >> reporter: authorities say dimitrios pagourtzis surrendered and confessed to the deadly shooting and he is being held without bail. charged with capital murder. >> i met with him twice. i can't tell you why this happened at this point. i don't think if you gave me unlimited time i would know the answer at this point. >> reporter: police say the 17-year-old wore a trench coat, carrying a shotgun and a

revolver and told investigators he did not shoot students he did like, so he could have his story told. >> i hope he sits there and rots in prison for the rest of his life. >> reporter: houston texan star j.j. watt has offered to pay for the victims' funerals. the first of which is scheduled for later today and texas governor abbottd a series of round table discussions later this week to discuss how best to protect students in schools. >> gabe gutierrez, thanks so much. chuck todd is the political director and moderator of "meet the press." good to see you. here we are again, you know, i was thinking about the show you all put together of "meet the press" three months or so ago after parkland and you said this is this time different, partly because of the actvism of the students. we talked about the guns, school safety and the rest of it. what hope do you have, chuck,

this time something can be done, not just on guns but on the totality of everything, that changes this dynamic in our country? >> you know, at this point you don't know. i mean, until it seems as if every time you -- the brick wall you hit on this subject always goes to the issue of access to guns, right? because you can't -- no matter how you look at this statistically, you keep coming back to the issue of it's how people get their access to guns. when you try to make the conversation about that, that's when the political walls come up. and i think we -- you end up hitting that brick wall of being able to get anything done. that said, willie, governor abbott's rhetoric was different this time than it's been in previous shootings. just like governor rick scott's rhetoric was different after parkland than it was and here you have governor abbott having these roundtable discussions. this is the second mass shooting he's had to deal with in the last seven months.

the sutherland springs church shooting. you can say, gee, nothing has been done or this is how change happens. it's incremental. and it's -- it's small, but this is a rhetorical change at a minimum that you should at least acknowledge that's taking place down in texas. >> there were some real changes in florida after parkland in terms of raising the age to buy long guns and things like that. so we'll see here. let's talk about the mueller investigation, this week was the one-year anniversary of the initiation of bob mueller's investigation. obviously, the white house's team including rudy giuliani have been out in force. discrediting, saying it's time to wrap it up and the vice president said it's time to wrap it up to andrea mitchell. the senate intel committee contradicted what the house intel committee said, that in fact russia did try to meddle and did it on behalf of donald trump. do we have any sense of the timing of this, when bob mueller

might have his report? >> look at today's headlines in the "wall street journal" and "the new york times" and say to yourself, boy, where are we? bob mueller -- i think at this point we're six months behind where the investigation actually is. what we know in the public domain, it always seems to be three to six months after mueller has learned it. we learned in "the times" and the journal there were some middle eastern interests offering assistance to the campaign and then bob mueller has been investigating this for months. yet it's new to us today. michael cohen raid, it happens, we find out they have been surveilling him for months. and it was -- it goes to the fall of '17 they have been circling around payments to michael cohen from various companies around things like that. the point is this. at one year, we don't -- we know a lot less than we think we know about this investigation. and mueller knows a lot more than we do. >> he's kept a tight lid on it to his credit. chuck todd, thank you very much as always.

we'll look for more on "meet the press" when chuck talks about the russia probe with former trump campaign adviser, a guy whose name has popped up a lot in this investigation -- roger stone. also this morning, the big island of hawaii remains on high alert and these stunning new images show you why. lava spilling out of mt kilauea, which is destroying at least four more homes this weekend. one person was taken to the hospital after molten rock shot out of the volcano and hit him in the leg. a horrifying story where one person was was killed and another injured when a cougar attacked them in remote woods east of seattle. police say the men were riding mountain bikes when the cougar charged at them. one of the men ran into the woods to get away but could not as the cougar followed him. officials tracked down the cougar and killed it. they say it's only the second fatal cougar attack in washington in the last 100 years. and we now are set up for

the possibility of a triple crown winner this year. after kentucky derby winner justify sprinted through the rainy slop and the fog. you can't even him in the picture, to win the preakness on saturday. holding off a late charge on the outside. we'll see if justify can win t triple crown at the belmont stakes on june 9th. you of course can see that here on nbc. prince harry and duchess meghan are spending the first full day as a married couple after a royal wedding filled with pomp and circumstance and celebrities. and lucy cavanaugh is outside their home at kensington palace. >> reporter: willie, what a beautiful morning it is. when meghan and harry returned to the 20 room apartment right here at kensington palace, it will be as husband and wife. but this morning the pair is no doubt taking it easy at windsor castle after dancing the whole night away.

meghan markle now her royal highness, the duchess of sussex, stepped out in this dazzling dress by stella mccartney. the pair sped off to the evening reception in the open top jaguar. fireworks capped off the festivities. if meghan was at all nervous arriving to windsor saturday morning she hid it well. elegant in her givenchy gown, the veil stretching more than 16 feet. a diamond tiara on loan from the queen. the pageantry stunning the world and this page boy. prince charles walking meghan halfway down the aisle. harry mouthing thank you, pa. his first words to meghan, you look amazing. >> i harry take you meghan -- >> to be my wife. >> to be my wife. >> i meghan take you harry -- >> to be my husband. >> to be my husband. >> reporter: proud mom fighting back tears.

♪ american twist. >> two young people fell in love and we all showed up. got to get you all married. >> reporter: this american pastor's speech was clearly not the more serious sermon the royals were used to. 600 well-wishers packed st. george's chapel. a star studded guest list and some playful little helpers. outside the pair sealed their marriage with a kiss. as more than 100,000 well-wishers joined the celebration. a magically modern royal wedding. it's a love story for the history books. you can see the emotion on everyone's face at that ceremony. the pair won't be jetting off on their honeymoon, however. we'll see them at buckingham

palace on tuesday. >> they have a 20-room apartment. not to brag, but i have four rooms in mine. thank you very much. much more on that american preacher who took the british monarchy to church yesterday in a moment. dylan has a check of the weather. did you watch -- >> i became obsessed with it. i didn't think i was, until i watched it. let's look at the rain that's moving across most of the country. we have really heavy rain and thunderstorms moving out of kansas. into missouri. that will be an issue through this morning eventually approaching st. louis. we are very unsettled up and down the east coast like yesterday. we'll the chance is of some spotty showers that can produce heavier downpours especially in the east. but the low pressure will continue to slide to the east. it will bring some rain up into the midwest as we go into tonight into monday morning. then the threat of heavy rain in florida

once again we're seeing low clouds in the cloud cover along with the fog along the coast. the temperatures right now ofn the cooler side. 53 degrees for half moon bay. further inland mid-50s for san jose 55 degrees as we head towards the afternoon, expecting a slightly cooler topping out in 60s and low 70s across the board with clouds lingering for the afternoon. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you very much. straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week including the great debate of our time. is it laurel or yanny? our investigation of the viral event of the year. we don't have an eye team and dylan says yanny. >> what do you say? >> laurel. >> and the wedding proposal that turned the potty training

3-year-old into the internet sensation. plus, spaces designed for women to gather and work. a new means of empowerment or just mirrors of the exclusive men's clubs they are meant to combat? >> you can't say that it's illegal for the men to keep the women out of their clubs and say it's legal for the women to keep the men out of their clubs. >> it's all coming up on "sunday today." our photo of the week, a golfer in hawaii at the aptly named in hawaii at the aptly named volcano

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all right. dylan and i are ready to whip through the highs and lows of the week. the first high goes to the star of saturday's royal wedding, the most reverend michael curry. the pastor from north carolina is the archbishop of the episcopal church. he's the church's first african-american leader. there he was standing before the queen of england presiding over royal wedding ceremony in a position reserved for centuries for a member of the british clergy and quoting dr. martin luther king in a stirring sermon. >> we must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. and when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world. for love, love is the only way.

dr. king was right. discover love, the redemptive power of love. and when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world. >> i got such chills watching that speech. an african-american preacher in front of centuries of the british monarchy quoting dr. king. unbelievable. >> everything he said, you kind of stopped in your tracks and really listened. >> then he stopped and said, we have to get y'all married, i know i'm going long. this is what we do in america. our first low to the hours the human race lost this week debating whether a robot voice was saying laurel or yanny. listen. >> yanny. yanny. yanny. >> yanny. >> it's not. >> yanny. >> i can't hear -- >> there's going to be a fight with dylan, but some of the hearers hears laurel.

others hear yanny. wired magazine got to the bottom of the story and found a high school freshman in georgia went to the website vocabulary.com to look up the definition of the world laurel. when she played the audio pronunciation, she heard yanny. confused, she showed it to friends, some who heard yanny, others who heard laurel, and the rest is viral internet history. even the white house staff and the president of the united states got in on the debate. >> so clearly laurel. >> it's laurel. but i could deflect and divert to yanny if you need me to. >> sarah, how do you respond hearing laurel? >> clearly you're getting information from cnn because that's fake news. all i hear is yanny. >> who's yanny? >> i hear coefefe. >> the biggest debate came from new age music icon jani.

>> there he is. experts say there is no right answer. it just depends on which frequency your brain responds to. okay, dylan. let's set this will once and for all. listen closely. >> yanny. yanny. >> i'm trying to hear laurel. i can't. i can only hear yanny. >> i have the exact opposite reaction. it's laurel and i've tried to get myself to hear yanny and i can't. >> if you change the frequency with a deeper voice, all i hear is yanny. >> as ron burgundy said agree to disagree. >> our next high, the flawless execution of a soccer locker room trick known as the binge challenge. one player bounces the ball off his teammates' heads one by one. it into the laundry bin. and real madrid is one of the guest soccer teams in the world. and the 8-year-old son of star marcelo lined up for the challenge.

let's see what you've got, young enzo. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> enzo crushed it. the team mobs the boy as you saw, lifts him up in the air. not bad for an 8-year-old. >> he's got a good coach. >> that's true. i couldn't get past the second guy. the final low is an adorable high, but not exactly how this bride to be dreamed about her wedding proposal. to bay city, michigan, to witness the beautiful sight of kevin dropping to his knee to propose to his girlfriend and how wonderful their 3-year-old son could be there. here's the thing he's in the middle of the potty training and when he's got to go, he's got to go. he dropped trou and goes to the

potty right there in front of the bay city ring of friendship. mom has said yes, the blissful couple has no idea what's happening behind them. she said later with a laugh, that video is our life story for sure. that picture by the way is coming your way in a couple of years. >> i was thinking that as i was watching that. >> good luck with that. all right, coming up next the sunday sit down with actress laura dern whose role on "big little lie" won her an emmy in the past year and talk about meryl streep joining the cast for season two. and surviving a childhood in hollywood. later, an american joins the british royal family. a look at what meghan markle means to some young girls here in the united states. and you can head as always over to facebook for a facebook live chat with dylan and me in just two minutes. just two minutes. see you there. plaque psoriasis can be relentless. your plaques are always there at the worst times. just two minutes. see you there.

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bay bridge -- from emeryville good sunday morning to you, it is may 20th, 2018. the bay bridge from the camera in emeryville, a little fogginess. thanks for waking up with us. we'll have a look at the microclimate forecast and that fog or low clouds? >> low clouds because of a marine layer. me might start seeing fog build along the coast, 25 degrees in santa rosa and 55 in san francisco. and really we've been waking up to 50s since the start of the weekend but one thing you might have noticed last night is the wind started kicking up, we're expecting breezy conditions again today. over the past 24 hours, we haven't really seen a big change in terms of our morning but for

the afternoon you will start to notice that our daytime temperatures will be a lot cooler today. we're only going to be topping out in the 6 o's and expecting partly cloudy skies through the afternoon. we might see a couple of 70s further inland but for most part on tap for a cooler sunday. >> thanks so much. today is going to be a wild day in san francisco and as vianey said, the weather seems like it's going to cooperate with the annual bay to breakers race. this 107-year-old san francisco tradition this video from lyear expect. thousands of people expected to take over the streets about 40,000 dressed in costumes and sometimes nothing at all. this year the 12k run has been extended in a 15-k. 40,000 runners signed up but every year seems like more join the course without the official bib for the race. it will run through hey valley

and golden gate park and ends at the ocean. a man and his dog had to be recused by firefighters. san francisco firefighters tweeted these pictures of the emergency rescue. the man was trying to help his dog get back up to safety when he fell 50 to 60 feet down. the victim apparently did not want to be rescued. he briefly fought with first responders before he was helped up the cliff and taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. the dog was not hurt. an alleged prowler is off the streets this morning. south bay police say it's thanks to vigilant neighbors and social media. this is the man san jose police say video captured by someone's security camera. he peeked through the window's shades in his daughter's bedroom and another said he walked up and pointed a flashlight at security cameras and neighbors shared the surveillance video on social media and someone

recognized him and reported him to police. they arrest him for trespassing and prowling and unrelated domestic violence incident. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," a thief with a conscience, how a stolen car theft returned this golden lab to the owner after taking off in his car. we'll have the top news story at 7:00 and rest of the forecast. for now we'll said you back to the sunday today show with willy geist. we hope to see you back here at 7:00.

it's me, the ghost of sarah palin. i'm just kidding, i'm just alive but you had to think about it, didn't you? here's a refresher. i was the first female on a republican presidential ticket and now i get paid to tweet for bass pro shops. >> the season finale of "saturday night live" with hall of famer and host tina fey. bringing back her sarah palin imperson nation. nikki whattage in was the musical guest. laura dern has big name credits and it seems that the world has fully woken up to her. she's cleaned up the awards for her role on the hbo series "big little lies." highlighting a cast that

includes some of the biggest movie stars in the world. on the big screen, dern played in the "star wars: the last jedi" movie. a film that's made $1.3 billion at the box office. she's clearly comfortable in that spotlight. dern was born into hollywood. the daughter of two acclaimed actors who have been nominated for oscars themselves.d i t togn new york for a sunday sit down. with high profile roles in "star wars: the last jedi," on "big little lies" and on the revival of the series "twin peaks" laura dern is having a year. they're calling it the dern asans. >> yeah. >> i love hearing that. i hope you'll use it periodically. >> drop it into conversations. >> yes. >> confusing to everyone at the table. >> i'd like -- >> what a way to start. does it feel like by the way i've had this career already and

this is the next moment in it? >> you know, no, i so celebrate that. because for all of it to say that this is the beginning of the height of when someone -- a woman should be celebrated. that is cool. but it's not the old story like a pro athlete. you have your five year as a starlet. >> with three more than three decades of acting under her belt, the 51-year-old dern proved long ago she wouldn't be one of the flameout starlets. >> i found some pictures -- >> her latest is the intense hbo movie "the t truth about her abuse as a child. a role that forced dern to reconsider her own past. >> i just need to know what happened. t i really is a film about the stories we tell ourselves. perhaps in order to survive an

experience. >> it did force me as a view tore think back a little bit. did you feel that too? did you find anything in your own life? >> 100%. i think the things that i found which is the gray area moments where you have justified behavior for years, because it's someone you admire or someone you liked, i was amazed at how i had in fact not only defended others' behavior, but put myself in the story as much more mature. well, i mean i was so tall for my age. and so -- what? my height is the reason that someone else's behavior is horrific toward a 12, 13-year-old? >> well, you have talked about too when you were 14 years old having an experience like that. >> i knew the industry, i knew -- and then, wait a minute. that wasn't okay. >> dern knew the industry

because she grew up on the movie sets of her parents. actors bruce dern and diane ladd. laura proved to be a hollywood operator at a very young age. did your parents ever say, maybe you don't want to do this? >> i think the quote of my mother's was be a lawyer, be a tie to be a missionary, but pursue that career? >> i became quite strategic, stn by, you know, going to my mom's birthday party in the corner of the -- and cornering the agent, saying will you let me come and read a monologue for you and tell me if you think i have talent and if you do, will you send me out on the audition. >> wow. how old are you? >> 11. >> really? >> i couldn't believe that. >> wow. >> so clearly, i was obsessed. >> dern's first paid job was in the 1980 movie "foxes." she was 13.

>> you never know, you know? >> five years later, she appeared with cher in the film "mask" and played a rebellious teenager in "smooth talk." >> how you doing? >> dern's breakthrough came a year later when acclaimed director david lynch cast her in his dark cult classic "blue velv velvet." the pair have remained collaborators ever since. >> what did you see early on in those days that made you think i need to work with this guy throughout my career as you have? >> it's the luckiest gift because he sees nothing but his vision. he breaks every boundary. i feel fearless in ways i never expected. and, i mean, please, if an actor has an ego, which i don't know if you've heard, they can -- >> some of them, yeah. >> -- i found a director who's like you're going to be in this movie, there's four different leads, you're playing all of them. what?

okay. i mean, it's crazy. >> and you do as you're told. >> i do whatever he says. >> another favorite partner is dern's mother, diane ladd. they've been in three films together. in the 1991 movie "rambling rose" -- >> you must have a wonderful brain. >> -- the performances earned dern her first oscar nomination and ladd her third. they became the first mother/daughter team to earn academy award nominations in the same flim. the next year dern went blockbuster, dodging dinosaurs in "jurassic park." off screen, dern married musician ben harper in 2005. they have two children and since have divorced. dern earned her second oscar nomination playing reese witherspoon's mother in the 2014 movie "wild." even though dern is only nine years older than witherspoon. >> there's nothing i don't get, believe me. >> how was your summer? >> last year, dern and

witherspoon got together again for hbo's hit show "big little lies." dern's performance won her both an emmy and a golden globe. >> let us all get -- >> watched one episode and like, oh, my god, rich women's problems. and then everything starts to unfold and you see the relatability in a lot of the storytelling. >> you didn't call me. >> in a cast that also include nicole kidman, the show's upcoming second season adds even more iconic talent. the cast is amazing. it somehow got better. you added a young actress named -- what's her name again? >> i'm so embarrassed i forget her name. like i'm working with her right now. what is it? meryl streep. lovely, lovely. >> she's going to be okay in hollywood? >> she's very good. she's someone to watch. i've got to say. smart cookie. >> i know the answer to this

question before i ask it, but can you give any hints about season two? >> do you see how good he is? what happens is he says he already knows the answer, and then that rebel in you wants to question it. >> i had you that close. >> and you go, i'm going to give him information just because he thinks i'm not. >> mine craft. >> yes. i like your style. no. i can't tell you a thing. except meryl streep is in it. >> meryl streep. >> we will have to wait until next year to see meryl streep in season two of "big little lies." laura's movie "the tail" premieres next saturday on hbo. she serves on the board of governors of motion pictures arts and sciences and has stepped forward in the era of me too and time's up. to hear her talk about the industry she grew up in, check out our webex tras and don't

forget to subscribe to the sunday sitdown podcast to hear the entire unedited interview with laura. find it on apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts along with a big collection of our other interviews. and next week, a sunday sitdown with one of the funniest guys around, jason bateman. we get into the latest season of "arrested development," what's next on his hit show on netflix "ozark, "and his role of bad-boy derek taylor on "silver spoons." jayson bateman next week. dylan has another look at the weather. >> the rain will continue down through florida and also fill in with heavy rain down through the tennessee river valley and also through most of the gulf coast. as we head toward the middle of the week, more storms in the southeast, pleasant across the northeast, showers start to move into the northern rockies, and we finish off the week with unsettled weather right through the midwest, sunny in the nortt

we've got 50s right here in san francisco and also in san jose. we are expecting to keep these kind of cooler/milder temperatures into the afternoon although we will keep a lot of that cloud cover as well. we've got low clouds right now. this is a shot of downtown san jose. your temperature trend into the afternoon is trending on the cooler side. today we're expecting to top out in the upper 60s for the most part. a couple of low 70s expected on the map, but overall a much cooler sunday. that's your latest forecast. >> up next on "sunday today, "the popular new spaces that are spreading across the country for women and women only to work and gather. while they're stirring controversy. ather. we're tell you why they're now stirring some controversy. us. it's what this country is made of. but right now,

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as america continues the recent reckoning with the way that power has been abused and men have behaved at work, new spaces are cropping up across the country for women only. the best known is called the wing. a women's club and workspace opened in new york in 2016. the wing has a long waiting list and has secured $42 million in funding with plans to expand from coast to coast. but critics say an exclusive women's club is no better than an exclusive men's club. with one challenger arguing the

popular new clubs are breaking the law. nbc's jo ling kent visited one for our "sunday spotlight." >> reporter: welcome to no-man's-la no-man's-land. this is the wing, a social and coworking space for women only. awash in millennial pink are rooms for primping and a cafe and books by women for women and talks with the likes of jennifer lawrence and hillary clinton. >> you not going to be stopped, you're not going to be disrespected. you're not going to be undermined. >> reporter: members like this woman use the wing to work and network. >> it's been amazing to expand my front circle with anyone from like filmmakers, to writers. to potential even like partners. >> reporter: audrey gelman is cocofounder of the wing. >> we knew giving women to build

community and to launch their ideas was a powerful concept didn't exist. >> reporter: the wing says 22,000 women is applied to become members in last year at a cost of up to $250 a month. what does the demand to join the wing signify about where we are in society right now as women? >> for so long women haven't had the confidence or the network or the resources to really be that economic engine. but that's changing. and i think that's part of what we're seeing here. >> reporter: in the midst of the me too movement the wing hopes to provide an environment where women feel safe from harassment. do you have to be a woman or self-identify as a woman to belong to the wing? >> currently they're women, self-identifying as women. that's our membership policy. >> reporter: that means no guys allowed. that idea is gaining traction with multiple locations in new york and washington, d.c. the wing is expanding to chicago, seattle and beyond. it's part of a surge in she

working spaces nationwide. like here in san diego. the riveter in seattle. the radiant in san francisco. and rise in st. louis. but not everyone is on board. the new york city commission on human rights has opened an investigation into whether the wing violates antidiscrim nate law. the commission declined to comment and the lawyer said they recently held a positive and constructive meeting. >> public accommodation laws were passed to protect women which is exactly what we're doing. >> reporter: but some legal experts disagree. >> we can't say that it's illegal for the men to keep the women out of their clubs and say it's legal for the women to keep the men out of the clubs. the law has to apply neutrally because the larger principle is one of equality. >> reporter: in san diego, men are welcome to join the women focused harrah hub. they make up 5% of membership. >> i believe you can create a safe space with men as well.

i don't think we'll change the paradigm of what we're seeing year after year unless we bring men into the conversation. >> reporter: this wedding photographer is one of the members. he and his wife run their small business here. >> you know, the main clients are brides. >> reporter: back at the wing members say it's a haven, a world away from the inequalities of daily life. >> as women, one of the things that we have become used to when you go out into the outside world and dealing with the opposite gender is putting a shield. when i enter these doors i feel that drop away. >> reporter: for "sunday today," jo ling kent. you may have heardbout a sleepy little courthouse wedding between a prince and an actress. what did the young girls see when they watched meghan markle

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real-life fairy tale where a beautiful young woman is swept away by a charming british prince to live in a castle. but yesterday's royal wedding was an updated version of that story. meghan markle is a mixed-race activist from america. in our "sunday closer," rehema ellis talks to some american girls about the newest member of the royal family. >> as the royal wedding unfolded -- >> >> from johannesburg to sydney to new york, the world watched and toasted the newlyweds. >> it's really exciting, right? >> across the country, many wiped away tears overwhelmed by it all. others just mesmerized by the cinderella images, the castle, the dress, the horse-drawn carriage. >> one day maybe she'll be marrying prince george. who knows? >> it just makes me feel happy. >> but for some, as prince harry pledged his love to his american bride, the first mixed-race person marrying into the royal

family -- >> i will. >> -- this wasn't just a celebration of marriage. it was a sign of the times. these sixth-graders in new york said it defies the stereotype of what a princess is supposed to look like. >> it was because of her skin color. i noticed that her skin color is a little bit lighter than mine, but she's basically the same as me. >> and they say meghan expands the fairy-tale image of what a princess is expected to do. at 11, the same age as she's girls, she spoke out for win's equality. >> women are fighting greasy pots and pans. >> she lashed out at the company that advertised dishwashing as women's work. >> and i said, wait a minute, how could somebody say that? >> meghan wrote a letter to the company asking it to change its ad and it worked. >> write letters and send them to the right people and you can really make a difference for not just yourself but lots of other people. >> years later, meghan spoke about it at a united nations

forum, just part of her activism around the world. >> oh, wow. she's completed more things in her life than i would have thought she did. >> meghan has given up her job as an actress to be prince harry's wife, and her supporters say that won't slow down her activism, insisting girls can break the glass ceiling and wear glass slippers too. >> she gave up her job for a better job. she has a track record of wanting to change the world, and this royal platform will give her more of a chance to do that than any tv show ever would. >> what's your idea of a princess? >> she's very loyal. she helps. >> and she can do anything. >> yes. anything. >> and, they say, don't let the dress fool you. she can even make history in the house of windsor. for "sunday today," rehema ellis, new york. >> rehema, thank you very much.

this week we highlight another life well lived. when someday future generations want to understand the second half of the 20th century in america, they'd be wise to turn to the writing of literary legend tom wolfe. he started out in the late 1950s and 1960s as a newspaper reporter first for "springfield union" in massachusetts then for "the washington post" and later for the new york herald tribune. a curiosity guided his iconic books and gave birth to a now-familiar style called new journalism where nonfiction reporting is combined with a narration and scene setting of a novel. wo wolfe's most famous works are told through the author's travels. "the right stuff," a deeply reported and riveting account of america's first astronauts in the mercury space program which became an oscar-winning movie. and his famed first novel "the bonfire of the vanity," which

captured the money, power, and excess of new york in the 1980s. always dressed impeccably, whether out walking the streets of the city or sitting in front of his typewriter at home, the richmond, virginia, native left an indelible impression both in person and on the page. tom wolfe, a once-in-a-lifetime writer whose work defined our times, died this week in new york. he was 88 years old. today, historical sites are disappearing, but ai can help us bring history back to life. to recreate historical sites, we had to stitch hundreds of pictures one by one. with microsoft ai, we are able to stitch hundreds of thousands of pictures in one night. i need to make it possible, because it's so important to do it. with artificial intelligence you can go in, you can experience it.

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we close this morning with a look at what's next this week. on tuesday, president trump will welcome president moon in the

midst of a tense negotiation with north korea. president moon met with kim jong-un in april and he hopes to help president trump to prepare for his own meeting with kim next month. in a turn this week, north korea said the trump/kim meeting could be threatened by any demand to eliminate the nuke regard weapons program. friday is a big day for "star wars" fans. solo, the "star wars" story hits the theaters that day and is expected to be a blockbuster. it stars glover and ron howard directed it. i don't want to upset -- >> you nailed it. yeah. >> sorry. >> i will be at that movie. >> you had a big night on friday, hanging out with jimmy fallon. >> we did "the tonight show" on friday. he's been on "sunday today." he was great, and he was great with my kids off stage. it was a thrill to do it for first time. do it again. you and metake a live look outs

ggb your time is 7:00. it is may 20th, 2018. let's start you off with a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. no fog in sight there. the fog has decided to take this sunday off. good morning, thank you so much for waking up with us. vianey has a look at the microclimate forecast and very important forecast as tens of thousands of runners are standing by in san francisco for the bay to breakers race. >> it's going to be a little bit on the cooler side if you're going to be heading out this morning. it's going to be great running weather but it is going to stay in the upper 50s, low 60s for most part in the city. this is what it looks like overhead. we're seeing a couple of low clouds because of a nice marine layer that's extending ale